Description
What is the Lean AI Summit?
An Exclusive International Learning Experience for
Lean Africa Summit Delegates
The Lean AI Summit is one of the world’s leading events exploring how Lean thinking and Artificial Intelligence are transforming organisations. Through our exclusive partnership with Lean Institute Brasil, Lean Institute Africa is offering delegates a unique opportunity to attend this internationally recognised event at a preferential rate.
The Summit brings together executive leaders, operational excellence professionals, digital transformation experts and AI innovators to explore how organisations can combine Lean principles with emerging technologies to improve decision-making, increase productivity and create lasting competitive advantage.
Designed for leaders committed to operational excellence, the event moves beyond theory to showcase practical case studies, proven strategies and real-world applications of AI across manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, logistics and service industries.
Unlike traditional conferences, the Lean AI Summit is an immersive, in-person experience focused on meaningful learning, collaboration and networking with some of the world’s leading organisations driving the future of Lean and Artificial Intelligence.
The 3 core pillars of organisational transformation
Think Lean
Create the operational discipline required for sustainable transformation by improving processes, eliminating waste and building a culture of continuous improvement.
Be Agile
Develop the organisational capability to respond rapidly to change through experimentation, learning and adaptive leadership.
Use Technology
Leverage Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies strategically to enhance performance, improve decision-making and create lasting competitive advantage.
Who Should Attend?
Connect with Leaders Shaping the Future of Business
The Lean AI Summit brings together a global community of senior leaders, transformation professionals and technology innovators who are redefining how organisations improve performance through Lean thinking and Artificial Intelligence.
As a Lean Institute Africa delegate, you’ll join decision-makers from across industries to learn from international experts, exchange ideas and build valuable relationships with peers driving organisational transformation around the world.
Executive Leaders
CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CTOs and senior executives responsible for driving organisational strategy, operational excellence, sustainable growth and long-term business transformation.
Technology Leaders
Digital transformation leaders, Operational Excellence professionals, Continuous Improvement managers and IT leaders driving AI adoption, innovation and measurable business performance.
Strategy & Innovation Professionals
Business leaders, consultants, programme managers and transformation specialists building organisational capability, improving performance and delivering sustainable competitive advantage.
Where Innovation and Operational Excellence Meet
Transforming organisations for the future requires more than technology, it requires the right people, proven methodologies and an environment that encourages innovation.
That’s why Lean Institute Africa has partnered with globally recognised organisations to bring this exclusive international experience to our delegates. Together, these partners combine expertise in Lean thinking, Artificial Intelligence, digital transformation and business strategy to deliver practical insights that organisations can apply immediately.
Lean Institute Brasil — Organiser
As our strategic partner and the organiser of the Lean AI Summit, Lean Institute Brasil is internationally recognised for helping organisations build customer-focused, high-performing cultures through Lean thinking. Their work spans manufacturing, healthcare, services and technology, supporting leaders in achieving sustainable operational excellence and long-term business success.
CI&T — Co-organiser
CI&T is a global digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations accelerate business performance through Artificial Intelligence, technology and modern ways of working. By combining technical expertise with Lean thinking, CI&T enables organisations to navigate complex change, improve customer experiences and deliver measurable business outcomes at scale.
CUBO Itaú — Supporting Partner
UBO Itaú is one of Latin America’s largest innovation and technology ecosystems, bringing together startups, global organisations, investors and business leaders. As a supporting partner, CUBO provides a collaborative environment where innovation, entrepreneurship and emerging technologies come together to accelerate organisational transformation.
CUBO Itaú
The Lean AI Summit will be hosted at CUBO Itaú in São Paulo—one of Latin America’s leading centres for innovation and entrepreneurship. More than a venue, it is a living innovation ecosystem where delegates can experience firsthand how collaboration, experimentation and emerging technologies are shaping the future of business. It is the ideal environment to connect Lean thinking with Artificial Intelligence and practical organisational transformation.
The Power of Digital Mastery: CI&T
CI&T plays a key role in bringing real-world digital transformation experience to the Lean AI Summit. As a global leader in AI-enabled business transformation, the organisation shares practical case studies, proven strategies and lessons learned from helping some of the world’s leading organisations successfully combine Lean thinking, technology and Artificial Intelligence. Delegates will gain valuable insights into how digital innovation can create measurable business value while building organisations that are more agile, resilient and customer focused.
Why attend the Lean AI Summit?
The Lean AI Summit equips leaders with the knowledge, practical strategies and global perspectives needed to lead organisations through the next wave of transformation. Discover how Lean thinking and Artificial Intelligence work together to improve operational performance, accelerate innovation and create sustainable competitive advantage.
Learn from Global Experts
Hear directly from internationally recognised Lean practitioners, AI specialists and business leaders who are successfully applying Artificial Intelligence to solve real operational challenges, improve decision-making and deliver measurable business results.
Expand Your Global Network
Connect with executives, transformation leaders and innovation professionals from around the world. Exchange ideas, share experiences and build valuable relationships with peers driving the future of operational excellence and digital transformation.
Turn Insight into Action
Leave with practical tools, proven frameworks and real-world case studies that can be applied immediately within your organisation. Gain the confidence to lead AI-enabled transformation while creating greater value for customers and your business.
Speaking Companies
Program | Your journey of transformation
Sep 24 · CUBO Itaú
Day 1 - Summit
Get ready for a full-immersion day focused on digital transformation. Our agenda connects visionary leaders and shows, in practice, how to apply AI to process management and boost innovation and business strategy.
07:30
Registration and check-in
08:30
Opening Plenary
Key Note
Business Models with AI
New ways to deliver value
Value Streams with AI
Enhancing value creation
AI Augmented Lean Leadership
Another side of managing people
Lean AI Strategy
Integrating Artificial Intelligence to strategy deployment
AI-First Transformation
Breaking cultural paradigms
Autonomous and Synthetic Agents
Scaling intelligent operations
Product and Process Development with AI
Efficiency, learning, and productivity
AI Customer Experience
Expanding the value journey
Lean People
The human side of change
17:35
Closing Plenary
18:00
Happy Hour
Sep 25 · CUBO Itaú
Day 2 - Workshops
Practical and immersive experiences
Get ready for a day of deep learning and hands-on immersion, where executive leaders will discover practical ways to apply AI to process management and accelerate digital transformation within their organizations.
Choose your learning journey and prepare to elevate your organizational performance by exploring the frontiers of technology, innovation, and value-driven management focused on maximizing value creation.
Workshop 1 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Smarter management: Improving processes, decisions, and results with AI
Learn how to apply the 4 types of problems, lean thinking, and artificial intelligence to improve daily management, reduce deviations, and achieve operational stability.
Why join this workshop?
Every organization seeking to accelerate organizational learning faces a recurring challenge: moving away from a reactive cycle of urgent issues and repeated problems toward a stable, proactive routine capable of sustaining operational excellence.
In this workshop, participants will apply the 4 Types of Problems — troubleshooting/containment, gap from standard, target condition, and innovation — developed by Art Smalley and enhanced by the practical use of artificial intelligence in business.
What you will develop in practice:
The program demonstrates how the Daily Management method can be enhanced through the practical application of Artificial Intelligence in performance management. AI is positioned as an enabler of the method—not a substitute for critical thinking, governance, leadership, or the experience of frontline teams.
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Identification and containment of symptomsLearn how to rapidly identify signs of process instability and implement effective containment actions to protect customers, maintain operational performance, and safeguard business results.
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Root cause analysisThink lean and leverage structured problem-solving tools enhanced by AI to generate hypotheses, organize information, and deepen investigations into process issues.
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Countermeasure ImplementationDevelop and execute practical actions to eliminate or mitigate root causes, monitor solution effectiveness, and strengthen team learning and continuous improvement capabilities.
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High-precision diagnosisGain a clear understanding of the true nature of operational challenges to select the most effective problem-solving approach.
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AI in process managementUse technology to enhance analysis, structure complex data, and accelerate the development of effective countermeasures and improvement strategies.
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Leadership through the management systemLearn how AI can serve as a powerful enabler—never a replacement—for critical thinking, governance, leadership, and team expertise.
By the end of the program, participants will have a practical understanding of how to integrate people, processes, data, and technology to reduce variation, respond more effectively to performance deviations, and strengthen problem-solving capabilities through the intelligent use of AI.
Who should attend this workshop?
Execution leaders
Managers, supervisors, coordinators, and team leaders who face recurring problems, process instability, and the need for more structured and effective responses to operational challenges.
Continuous improvement, lean, and operational excellence professionals
Practitioners looking to modernize their problem-solving approach by incorporating Artificial Intelligence in a responsible, practical, and value-driven way.
Process, technology, and transformation leaders
Professionals seeking to connect AI, data, processes, and people to improve daily management, strengthen operational decision-making, and drive more consistent performance outcomes.
Key topics covered
Workshop 2 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The next frontier of transformation: scaling value creation with AI agents
How to integrate lean management with process automation to eliminate digital waste and accelerate decision-making
Why join this workshop?
Many companies are already using artificial intelligence, but senior leadership still faces a central challenge: how to turn this technological adoption into real, measurable financial value for the business.
In lean thinking, improvement starts by seeing the value stream, identifying waste, and solving the problems that slow down operations. With the advancement of AI, a new opportunity emerges: using intelligent agents to support analysis, organize information, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate decision-making without losing focus on method, governance, and learning.
What you will develop in practice
In this hands-on workshop, you will go far beyond basic AI tool usage (such as “chat-based tools”) and gain a clear understanding of how AI agents can operate autonomously to support complex analysis, structure data, and speed up decision-making.
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AI in process managementLearn how to design applications using AI agents within your operations to automate bureaucratic tasks and build highly intelligent workflows.
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Efficiency and integrationConnect Lean thinking, data, technology, and people to eliminate “digital waste” and gain full visibility into operational inefficiencies.
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Innovation with governanceBuild autonomous, value-driven solutions that automate repetitive routines while maintaining focus on method, governance, and continuous learning.
By the end, participants will have a strategic understanding of how to apply AI responsibly to scale organizational performance, always aligned with the company’s broader objectives.
Who is this workshop for?
Digital transformation executives and leaders
Professionals responsible for prioritizing AI initiatives, scaling solutions, and ensuring technology is aligned with business strategy.
Technology, data, and innovation leaders
Professionals looking to apply AI more strategically by connecting automation, processes, and value creation.
Operations, process, and continuous improvement leaders
Managers seeking to reduce waste, improve workflows, and accelerate decision-making with the support of artificial intelligence.
Heads of product, customer journey, and experience
Professionals involved in building digital solutions who want to integrate Lean thinking, data, and AI agents to create smarter processes, faster decisions, and greater customer value.
Key topics covered
Event Venue
CUBO Itaú
Address:
Alameda Vicente Pinzon, 54
Vila Olímpia · São Paulo, SP
ZIP Code: 04547-130
